Text Appearing Before Image: directly—professionally or financially—in themanufacture of them. If all the worlds astage in the classic sense, then all the earthhas been turned into a motion-picture studio,according to the prevailing impression. The question of the relation of the pictureshows to the older art of the theatre has nevergiven me much concern. I have watched,though, with friendly and lively interest theironward sweep since the time of the Edisonkinetoscope, in 1893, which, I believe, wastheir first practical demonstration; and byclose observation of their development I havesometimes tried to decide in my own mind theartistic ends they may be made to serve.Now, after nearly a quarter of a century, Iam still quite as firmly convinced as I everhave been that the fine art of the spoken drama,which has come to us through the centuries,rests upon a much less stable foundation thanI would be willing to admit if it is to be dan-gerously menaced, much less undone, by thisadditional form of amusement. (198) Text Appearing After Image: 0)P 8 g e W T3O <+-i <DO 8in
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